重庆科创职业学院资料库精读2uint1.ppt

Unit One Is There Life on Earth Contents Guided-Learning Warm-up Background Information Learning-Aims The Main Idea of this text The Structure of this text New words and expressions The Analysis of this text The Tide Rises, The Tide Falls The tide rises, the tide falls, The twilight darkens, the curlew calls; Along the sea-sands damp and brown The traveler hastens towards the town. And the tide rises, the tide falls, Darkness settles on roofs and walls, But the sea, the sea in the darkness calls; The little waves, with their soft, white hands; Efface(抹掉) the footprints in the sands, And the tide rises, the tide falls, The morning breaks, the steeds(骏马) in their stalls Stamp(跺脚) and neigh(马嘶), as the hostler(马夫)calls; The day returns, but nevermore Returns the traveler to the shore, And the tide rises, the tide falls. --- Henry W. Longfellow Questions Is there life on earth in your mind? Do you think our earth has been polluted by us ? What’s your attitude toward pollution? Background Information 1. Art Buchwald (1925-) 2. The Planet of Venus 3. Satellite 4. Manhattan 5. 20,000 light years 6. Press Conference 7. skyscraper 8. Ziches Background Information 1. Art Buchwald (1925-): Art Buchwald is a well-known American humorist and journalist for the Washington Post. He writes a political humor column that appears daily in hundreds of newspapers across the United States. His columns frequently deal with stories about politicians and famous personalities, current events in politics and issues in the news. Some of his well-received columns have been collected and reprinted in book form. 2. The Planet of Venus Venus The second planet from the sun in the solar system. It is the brightest object in our sky, after the sun and moon. Solar System Venus is the second planet in distance from the sun and nearest to the Earth of all the planets in the solar system. Except for the sun and the moon, Venus is the brightest object in the sk